Re: Athlon PC problem
Posted on 2011-02-20, 00:29
I prefer the SP, because I'm lazy 😜 I've done all those tweaks so many times now, installing the SP is just that much easier and faster 😁 Then again, I'll install ME if I can get away with it 😁
Re: How good is this? (New PC)
Posted on 2011-02-20, 00:27
Wowzers...learned a whole bunch of new stuff on this page! 😁
Re: UMC chipset PCI 486 mobo. AMD P90 CPU options?
Posted on 2011-02-20, 00:24
Might be (btw, I'm only getting 1 of these chips). When I can test it, I'll know for sure if it can run @ 133Mhz or not. I wasn't the one who found it though, I just said I wanted one (Well, actually 2, but since we had so many wanting 1 or more, all of us got 1 😁 ).
Re: Trident VGA performance
Posted on 2011-02-20, 00:22
So it's a tie between Trident and Oak? Anyway, would putting anything faster then either of these 2 in a 386 make any noticable difference?
Re: SGI machines
Posted on 2011-02-20, 00:21
Looks a bit like my coffee machine...😜
Re: How good is this? (New PC)
Posted on 2011-02-19, 14:38
If I was to install Win95/98, what would I need? (I'm guessing a GPU and more RAM?) No. What you have is already ideal for that! I'd recommend 98Lite, though. Using Win95's shell in Windows 98 could be a handy speed boost. Wasn't 98Lite a paid program? I tried to look for other ways to "lighten up" …
Re: Athlon PC problem
Posted on 2011-02-19, 14:37
retro games 100 wrote: Really glad you got your problem solved. 😀 BTW, is the Win98 unofficial service pack recommended? I use it...IF I used 98SE 🤣
Re: P55c at Overclocked to 300mhz?
Posted on 2011-02-19, 12:03
P55C @ 300 is pretty sweet. 100x3 really clears up the 'ol bus bottleneck that's for sure. What do you think, is there any chance that a voodoo2 would run at a decent framerate on a system like that? I'm wondering because I have 2 voodoo2s in SLI on my pentium 3 1GHz, along with a geforce2MX, and …
Re: Pentium overdrive 83 MHz - overclocking options?
Posted on 2011-02-19, 12:01
The host clock & PCI clock divider setting can be set to 1/2 on some boards, but on others such as the Biostar MB-8433UUD-A, it can be set to either 1/2 or 2/3. (It can also be set to 1:1.) This flexible 2/3 option is good, because it allows the PCI clock to be "gently overclocked", if required. …
Re: How good is this? (New PC)
Posted on 2011-02-19, 11:57
^agrees A nice touch to your system is that it has the bigger floppy drive 🤣 😁 Your system is quite well suited for DOS, none of the parts are of real hindrance 😉
Re: Scored a BlackMagic Voodoo2 off the bay!
Posted on 2011-02-19, 11:54
You mean the external cable? You could basically use any VGA extension cord I think, as long as it has the right "plugs" on both ends. But for image quality, either get a short one or one of good quality.
Re: P55c at Overclocked to 300mhz?
Posted on 2011-02-19, 03:10
4V...that's insane!
Re: Scored a BlackMagic Voodoo2 off the bay!
Posted on 2011-02-19, 02:16
6 for sale here: http://cgi.ebay.nl/STB-Blackmagic-3dfx-Voodoo … W-/110648843631 $15 each 😁
Re: GAME OVER - Selling my stuff
Posted on 2011-02-19, 00:57
EscapeVelocity wrote: What is the difference between the Rev. 1.04 and 1.06 Asus P5A boards? 1.04 caches only 128MB due to a bug in the chipset. 1.06 has this bug fixed, but won't work correctly with the K6 mobiles
Re: Looking to build or buy a DOS ONLY gaming platform
Posted on 2011-02-19, 00:54
EscapeVelocity wrote: Thanks, again, for your thougths. How much SDRAM would be best? Say if I wanted to run Windows games fromt he late 90s too, with 3D and all that. If you're going to run 98SE or ME, I'd suggest getting 256MB
Re: Pentium overdrive 83 MHz - overclocking options?
Posted on 2011-02-18, 22:23
I don't see how they could have made a 66mhz fsb 486 board when they couldn't even get a 50mhz board to run stable without giving off more radiation than Chernobyl and there were never any 486 class chips that supported it and you'd never be able to plug a PCI card into it because it wouldn't …
Re: UMC chipset PCI 486 mobo. AMD P90 CPU options?
Posted on 2011-02-18, 21:59
All AMD 5x86 16 6 MHz happen to be fake. And most 150MHz as well (some are real, but there's not to much of those). As for Cyrix - I've heard about 120 but 133 for real? Can you confirm it wasn't a fake? Sorry, typo. I wanted to type 160 instead of 166 -_- I can't comfirm it was a fake, but as we …
Re: Falcon64 chipset for VGA card - have you ever heard of it?
Posted on 2011-02-18, 21:57
Well maybe it's special in being one of the worst video chipsets available for the PCI bus? 😜
Re: Interesting eBay pickup: Octek Hippo DCA1 board...
Posted on 2011-02-18, 21:56
So, it turns out there may yet be hope for equipping this board with EDRAM. I expected the stuff to be nigh impossible to find, since it was only used on a couple models of motherboards. And, loose SIMMs of it are pretty scarce on the ground. However... I discovered that the stuff had another use, …
Re: RG100 Does Socket 7
Posted on 2011-02-18, 21:52
I had a look at the dates the VX and HX were released. Wiki mentions both were released in February 1996, so I always assumed they were 'brothers', but perhaps I don't know the full story? Afair the VX was supposed to be Intel's mainstream lowerend chipset and the HX it's higher end chipset. I …
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